Transmission-gear.



n. J. MILLION. TRANSMISSION GEAR. APPLICATION' FILED JUNE 12, 1906.

A TTOHNE YS a To all whom #may-concern: e.'

i ia a ROBERT J. MILLION, l orf-.JEFrEnsoN .Townsnin cARRoLL coUN'rY,- n\m1"ANA- 'rRnNsmssIoN-Gnan.

.Specicationof LeittezjslPatent.

'Patented Qct. 6, 1908.

application menare-.12', 1906. g serial Nn. 321.334. I

Be it known that [`,-RoBERT'J.M1LI.1oN,.a citizenof the .United States,- and a resident. of Jeersontown'ship, in the'` county of Carroll and State of Indiana, have invented a, new an which the following description.'

for 'general use, andm'ore 'particularly/ tro a' t e of transmission gear .usedupon movable lve 'cles,'and in variousalliedrelations.'

Among the several. objects off my invention is'tojso couple' the driving andv driven members that considerable 'variations may be made' inthe speed or 'ower as desired, and

in which the'direction o movementfis readily members My mventionfurther contemplates several reversedbetween4 .the "and driven constructional details 'whereby' the generalefciency ofthe transmission gear 1s greatly im roved.

eferenceis to be had-:to the accompanying drawings forminga part 'of this'specification, `in whichjsimilar characters c l" reieren'ce .indicate corresponding vparts .ii'iall' the figures- Figure l1 is- -a` side elevation tion, of an. automobile provide .with my 'im-- proved transmission gear; 2 is a fragmentary side elevation artly section, j o'f the main driving z and 'riven-4 members', vtogether with "then li'iinnedia'te' connections; Fig. 3 afragcrnentary 'lanj-of'a portion of the framework,- ands owing. the relativeA positionsof the' principal driving and drivenmembers'ytog'etherwiththeir immediate connectons; Fig.' 4. isfa fragmentary-vertical section upon the l1ne44 of Fig- 2, looking in thedirection "ofthe arrow'and showinga Vpa'rt ofthe means foi' su spendingthe-swing ing frame 20; '-Fig,l 5 is a'iragmentaiy vertical section upon the line. -of Eig.v 2;.looki11gin' the direction of the arrow land 'showing' the means for mounting the` disk and l'parts immediately connected withl the same; Fig..

-6 is an ,enlarged'section throughthejfrction disks -andtheir immediate c'onnections, 'and showing how the 'speed'orp'oWerpfthe -driven member is varied inaccordance-with bodll lmovementJ 'oi' `transm1ssron`-oecurnng slmu tane'ously 1n both the 'drlvlng --and" driven members.

Itzwill be understood that theparticular' Improved \Transmission-Gear, of 1s a f ull, clear. and exact arflyin Seel" invention, and'. that inthe form illustratedzI 'seekto confer' the motion from one revolublefriction disk to another revolublefriction disk, bymoving both disks laterallyjand in' The vehicle body is shownat 7 ,fand is pro--- l videdwithl driving wheels' 8 and axles, rig-'- My mventionfrelate's to transmission gears idly-connected therewith; these parts being ses of the usual or any desiredconstruction. A"

bevel` gear 10 is mounted rigidly ulpon the afxle 9 andis turned by another beve gear 11 wheewith it meshes, said latter gear-being mounted on a revoluble shaft .14; Bearings 12,13 support the shaft-14 andare connect-` ed at :convenient pointsvwith the `vehicle l frame' 7," the' connections being shown broken away in the drawings for the sake of clear'n'ess.

Their-'ont wheels ofthe vehicle are shown at '15 andhave'nothing special todo with my mounted in 'bearin sf18, 19, carried by a v"s v'vinging frame 20, t e latter 'being supported at its rear end upon links 21, and pivots 2 2 at thelower ends of these links. u The .upper ends of the links 21 are pivoted directly to the Yvehicle frame' 7 froinwhichjthe depend. The pivots 22 are merely journa s formed "upon the ends 'of a rod 23 passing entirely through the Swingin vframe 20, as indicated more particularly in ig. 4;

The front end of the swing frame 20 is sup-5 ported by. two links 24, disposed upon oppositesides thereof.l 'I hese links areby means v.'.ofivot's'25 cormtedat their'lower .ends

wit 'the swinging frame 20 and at their .up- .pe'rends with arms 26. These arms are' mounted rigidly' upon. a 4rockin'gfshaft 27, and connected-rigidly withthis 'shaftj is a hand lever'28.V By moving the hand -lever to 'the'right orto the left, according to the view shownin Fig.' 1, .the-iront end 'of the Swingin ,with a aWl 30, for thepi'xrpos of enabling the paw to be released freiner engaged with .these'ctor 29. By inv ,'pulatingifthe paw] 30, by means ofthe handle 31, theiliand lever 28may, within certain limits, be fixed at any desired point upon the sector 29'.

Mounted rigidly upon, the forward end of the revoluble shaft '27,ancl consequently sup-v b-e orted by the swing frame 2,0', is a'revol riction disk 33.. .Mounted rigidly upon the swinging frame 26' is a bearingsector 340i arcuateform. 'Slidabl engaging this bear-` in sector isa rocking' ork 35, mounted rig-` i y u on a rocmng shaft 36. Connected rigidly with this i'ockingshaft is a hand lever 37,

`. adapted to move vback 'and forth within certain limits. *A sector 38, a pawl 39, a rod 40,

and a handle 41 are associated with the handlever' 37, as will be understood'from Fig. 1f. By manipulating the hand vlever 37 and the handle di, the bearing fork may be forced with greater or lesser pressure "against the bearing sector 34, and in this manner the Bearings 42,- 43 are mounted upon` oppo, site endsof a rocking frame 44, which is supported*l upon pivots l5, as indicated in Fi s. 2 and 3. '-'Revolubly mounted within tie ybearings.4"2, 43 is a revoluble shaft 46, and

connected rigidly with this shaft is a friction 47. '-iihen the shaft 46 is turned, the 3.5i

friction disk 47,' considered as a driving ni`eiiiber, may transmit motion to the friction for this purpose.

disk 33, considered as a driven member. The Aarms 26 while mounted upon the shaft- 27, as above explained, extend a little below this shaft, 4being provided with portions 4S Depending from the portioiis 48 arelinks 49, and connecting the lower ends 'of these links with t-lie frame il are pivots 50.

u As movements 'of the hand lever 28 mustelevate and depress the portions 48 of the arms 26, it follows that such movements' of thev hand lever Aas tend to lower t-he revoluble disk 33, must also tend to raise the revoluble disk i7, and vice versa. The degree of' bodily movement of the disk 47, however, that is to say, its degree of ascent or of descent, is considerably less than the degree of bodily movement of the disk l 33. lt follows from the arrangement shown.

`eo -disks 33, becomecoaxial, as indicated in therefore, that when the hand lever 2Q is moved forward or intothe position indi cated in Fivfl, the disk 33 is raised and the disk 47 islowered, the'extremit'y of niovelment of the hand lever 2S being so gaged by thev position of the sector 29 that the two Fig. 1. `When, however, -the hand lever 2S is moved in an o posite direction, that is, toward the rear o the v-ehicle (represented by the left of Fig. l), the disk 33 is lowered eoonii and the disk 47 is raised, the distance swept -over by the disk 33 being greater than that swept over 'by the disk 47, the respective disks 33, i7 tii'ially assumiiw thc extreme osition indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6. hese positions represent the extreme throw of the hand lever 37 to' the left, according to the view: shown in Fig. 1.

The movements of the hand lever 37 arc independent of the movements of the hand lever 28. Such being the case, the frame '20 may be pressed forward (that is, to the right, according vto Fig. 2), or allowed to recede no matter what may be the relative general positions occupied by the disks 33, 47. bo, also,'the disks 33, 47 may be shifted relatively to each other, as indicated in Fig. 6, without reference to the osition of'thc hand lever 37, and consequent v without reference to the degree of pressure, if any, existing bctweeii the revoluble disks.

As indicated by dotted lines in F iv. 6, thc disks 33, 47 may b v movements of tlic hand leverflS, be displaced to such an extent that the point of contact between the two disks may be either aboveor below the ceiitcrof theshaft 46, `as it 'is obvious from Fig. 6, when the point of Contact between the disks is below the 'center of the shaft 46, the direction of movement of the disk 33 is reversed. ll'hen the point of contact., or rather when the point of mean pressure between the disks, coincides exactly with the center of rotation of the disk 47,'little or no motion is conferred upon the disk 33. From thc position thus indicated, the operator might cause the disk 33 to turn in the one direction or in the other by merely manipulating the hand lever 23, Of course. as an independent proposition, he can regulate pressure bctween the disks by means of the hand lever 37 as above described, und in this way can bring about any degree of lost motion be tween the disks. It follows, therefore, that he can attain any desired degree of firmness of coupling, ranging from a positive direct movement to a mere drag capable of conferring (for a given load) :in almost unappreciable degree of movement.

As will be understood from the above dcscription, mv invention admits of considerable adaptation iii its various uses.

'l do notlimit myself to any particular arrangement of levers or other equivalents for shifting thc disks laterally. for the reason that various expedients ma)v be used for this purpose. 'l` he main idea in shifting both the driving and driven disks is to obtain the low speeds and the reverse speed. By bringing both shafts 17, i6 exactly in line.. the device gives direct transmission, the disks 33, 47 being locked together firmly b v pressure un# der control of the hand lever 37. Since, however, any degree of laxity desired may be conferred by relaxing the hand lever 37, the

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.movement while direct, cany allow'a greater orlesserdegree of slip for the urpose of protecting thedriven parts :fromy reakage.' No wear or 'tear of the-device can affect' the'degrce of tightness b etween these members, for I the reason that this is entirely underthe control of. the operator. It will beobserved also,- that l'by shiftin both ofthe friction 33,47,insteado onlyoneof them, each disk performs a minimum of lateralA movement, and this' 1s a very desirable object, forthe "reasonfthat extreme displacement of actice as feom aratively slight displacedrive doesnot extend so far downwardly to contact with possiblefprojections of an un'- veven roadway., Again, less movement upon thepart of the operatoris re uired. because" ofthe fact that both of the d is s are moved.A :"-.This arrangement also renders it easier for the o, erator because the disks 33,417 tend to b ance each other. The corners, of the disk 33, adjacent tothe disk 47, .arebeveled i25' as best shownin Fig. 6 to increase the area of contact when the disks are"out of par-IA l"a'llelism, or direct transmission, This 1s a featureof'much practical importance.

l do not limit m self tothe use of universal l joints or of any ot er particular part or arts `employed in loperating 'the friction isks. Neither'do Ilimit myself tothe'particular 'form of disks shown, as other e uivalent ear members for the same are we known It will be notedthat when the parts are in the positions Vindic'ated'in Fig. 1 the drive'is direct. In other' words, the friction disks 33, 47 merely actas'clutch members and thus 4` allow the transmissiontotake place as if the shaft were made in one piece.

Having thus desc .'bed my' invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by' Letters lL 'The combination of a revoluble member, a frame ,mounted thereupon and adapted v4to move so. as to" all-ow'the said revoluble member to swing bodily upon an axis different from 'its axis ofrotation, another revolul5t? ble Vmember engagin said'first. mentioned' revoluble member, a ovable member supporting 'said' secondv -n 1entioned revoluble member-so as to allow 1t to swing' upon an 'revoluble "members Vengaging eachother di- I rectly, and means for turning said first mentioned revo1ublemember.

f5 2.l The combinationfof'a revoluble friction disk, means for turning the samez `a rocking frame supportingsaid revoluble friction disk,

Swingin frame 'sipiporting said secondy mentioned "ction dis frame and said;` rocking frame gears of this kind, does not work so 'well' inr fment thereofran the driven disk on reversey axis independent'ofits'axis of rotation, saidanother .revoluble friction disk adapted to' "engage said. first mentioned friction disk, a

and Imeans for shifting in opposite directions-so as'to vary the point of.contact between said friction disks m order tochange the relative speed therebetween! j 3. The combination of a rockin frame `provided with bearings, afrevolub e shaft mounted within said bearings, a friction -disk mounted upon said shaft and rotatable by movements of the same, a swin frame -provided with bearin s, a revoilil supported Within sai bearings, a friction disk mounted upon said'last mentioned shaft, and .mechanism connected with both of said frames for moving the same in opposite directions.

4. The combination of a pair of frames movable in opposite directions, friction disksrevolubly supported upon said frames and normally coaxlal witheach other, means controll-able at Will-for shifting said framesin opposite directions thereby varying the relative bodily positions vof said friction disks, means for 'driving one lof said disks, and a driven memberconnected with the other of said.

disks. i

5. The-combination of a revoluble friction driving member, a revoluble friction driven membena movable frame supporting one of said members, an arcuate bearing member mounted u on said frame, a bearing fork engaging sai arcuate bearing member, and `mechanism connected with said bearing fork Ifor forcing the same against said arcuate bearing member.

' "6. T he combination of a revoluble friction driving member, la revoluble frictiondriven :membenf means for shifting said members shaft i both adapted to be shifted to engage each 9. The combination of a revoluble driving shaft, a revoluble driven shaft, friction disks' mounted upon said shafts respectively and -both adapted to beshifted'to engage each other obliquely, and means for ,varying the de ree, l of ressure between said friction Idis, and a so for the pur ose of locking said disks to ether -for. direct rive.

10. e combination of a revolubledriving shaft,- a revoluble driven shaft, friction disks mounted upon said shafts respectively d both adapted; tobe shifted to engage each other obliquely and means for varying tllie degree of pressure between said friction 'sks.

disks, driving and driven members connected respectively thereto, means for shifting both of said friction disks relatively to each other, and means controllable at will for locking said disks together so as to render the drive direct.

, 12. In a speed changing imeohanism, a driving Wheel, a driven Wheehwith its sidein frictional' en agement with the side of the driving Whedl, said driven Wheel having an oblique corner, a shaft on which said driving Wheel is mounted that is substantially coaxial with the` drivin Wheel, means for mounting said shaft so iat the end carrying the driven wheel may be oscillated', and

means for oscillating such end of the driven shaft to contact the oblique corner of the driven wheel with the sides of the driving Wheel.

13.1n a speed changing mechanism, a

driving Wheel, a driven Wheel with its side in frictional en agement with the side of the driving Whee said driven Wheel having an oblique corner,a shaft carrying the driven wheel tha-tis coaxial Withthe driving Wheel,

3o a'frame in Which-said shaft is mounted that is fulcrumedat a point remote from said driving Wheel so that the end thereof carrying the driven wheel is free to oscillate, and means for oscillating said end of the shaft to contact the oblique corner of the driven Wheel with the sidesv of the driving Wheel.

14. In a speed changing mechanism, a driving -Wheel, a driven Wheel With its side in frictional en agement with the side of the 40 driving Whee said driven Wheel having anv obliquecorner, a shaft on which said driven wheel is mountedthat is substantially coaxial' with the driving Wheel, means for mounting said 'shaft so that the end carrying ,the driven Wheelvvill o scillate, means for oscillating such end of said driven shaftl to contact the oblique corner of the driven wheel with the side of the driving Wheel, and means that Vforces said shaft longitudinally toward the driving Wheel to increase the forcefulness of the engagement of said wheels. i

15. 'A pair of rotatable bodies one of which vhas a beveled corner so mounted on a com mon plane that a side of one body may engage aside or bevel of the other body, each .body being operative by reason of such engagement to cause the other body to rotate .-Iwhether said bodies be in axial alinement or angularly arranged to contact the side of one with the bevel ofthe other.

1: 'i 16. A pair of rotatable bodies one of which hasia beveledcorner so mounted on a comj mon lane that a side of yonebody may frietiona ly engage a side or bevel of the other body, each body being operative by reason 11. The combina-tionl of revoluble friction of sch frictional engagement to cause the l, other bod to rotate whether said bodies be in axial a inement or angularly arranged to colntact the side of one W1th the bevel of the ot er.

17. A pair of rotatable bodies one of which has a beveled corner so mounted on a common plane that a side or bevel of one bod may engage. a side of the other body, each body being operative'by reason of such engagement to cause the other body to rotate; one ofsaid bodies being oscillatably movable transversely of its axis.

18 A pair of rotatable bodies one of which has a beveled corner so mounted on a common plane that a side or bevel of one bod may 'engage a side of the other body, eac body being operative by reason of such engagement to caus'e' the other body to rotate; one of said bodies being oscillatably movable transversely of its axis; all'in combination with means for moving one of said bodies oscillatably transversely of its axis.

19. A pair of rotat-able bodies one of which has a beveled corner so mounted on a common plane that a side or bevel of one bod may engage a side of -the other body, eac body being operative by reason of such engagement to cause the other body to rotate; one of said bodies being oscillatably movable transversely of its axis; all in combination with means for moving one of said bodies os cillatably transversely of its axis and means for locking the oscillatably movable bod either in axial alinement or in angular a j ustment `with the other body.

20. A pair of rotatable bodies one of which has a beveled corner so mounted on a common plane that a side or bevel of one bod mayvengage a side of the other body, eac body being operative by reason of such-engagement to cause the other body to rotate whether said bodies be concentric with or eccentric to each other; one of said bodies being oscillatably movable transversely of its axis; all combined with means for movin onevof said bodies oscillatably transversely o its axis and means for locking the oscillatably movable body either in axial alinement or in angular adjustment with the other body.

21. A pair of rotatable bodies mounted on a common plane, each body having a surface which is engageable with a surface of the other body at variable and radially unequal parts of said surfaces and each body being 120 operated by reason of such engagement to cause the other body to rotate at variable speed; both of said bodies being oseillatably movable transversely of their axes.

22. A pair of rotatable bodies mounted on 125 a 'common plane, eachl body having a surface Whiehis engageable with a surface of the other body at variable and radially unequal parts of said surfaces and each body being operative by reasons of such engagement to 130 .other body at variable and radially unequal parts of said surfaces and eaohjbody beingi operative by reason of such engagement to cause, the other bodyto rotate at variable speed; both oi said bodies being oscillatably movable transversely of their axes; -all combined with means for moving both of said y bodies oscillatably transversely of their axes, .and means for locking the oscillatablyniovable bodies either in 'axial alinernent or 1n anguiar adjustment with each other.

24. A pair of rotatable bodies mounted on a common plane, each body'having a surface has a beveled corner so mounted on a com- 35,

' gage a side or bevel oi the other body,` each.l

which is engageable with a surface of the' other body and each body being operative by reason of such engagement to cause the other body to rotate;'both of said bodies being oseillatablymovable transversely of their axes; all combined with means for moving both of said bodies oscillatably transversely of their axes and means for locking the'oscillatably movable 'bodies either in axial alinement or in angular adjustment with each other. l

25'. A pair of rotatable bodies one of which mon. plane that aside of one body may en'- g'age a side or bevel of the other body, each orly being operative by reason of such engagement to cause the other body to rotate; oth of said bodies being oscillatably movable ansversely ofy their axes.

26. 'A pair of rotatable bodies one of which has a beveled .corner so mounted on acommon plane that a side of one body may en- 'age a side or bevel of the other body, each ody being operative by reason voi such enagement to cause the other body to rotate; both of said bodies being oscillatably movable transversely of their axes; all in com- 'bination with means for moving both of said bodies oscillatably transversely of their axes.

27. A'pair of rotatable bodies one ofwhich has a beveled corner so mounted on a .common plane that a side of one body may -enbody being operative by reason of suchenagement to cansethe other body to rotate; both of said bodies being-oscillatably movable transversely of their axes 'all' in combination with means for moving both of said bodies oscillatably transversely of their axes and means for locking the oscillatably movable bodies either in axial alinement or in angular adjustment with each other.

28. A pair of rotatable bodies so mounted on a common plane that a side of one body may engage a side of the other body,` each body being operative by reason of such engagement to 'cause the other body to rol tate; both of said bodies being oscillatably movable transversely of their axes..-

29. A pair of rotatable bodies so mounted on a common plane that a side of one bod may engage aside of the other body, eac body being operative by reason of such engagement to cause the -other body to rotate; both of said bodies being oscillatably movable transversely of their axes; all in combinationwitlrmeans for moving both of vsaid bodies oscillatably transversely of their axes.

30. A pair otrotatable'bodies so mounted on a common plane that a side of one body vmay engage a side of the other body, each body being operative by reason of such en gagement to cause the other body to rotate; both of said bodies being oscillatably movable transversely of their axes; all in combination with means for moving both of said bodies oscillatably transversely of their axes and means for-locking the oscillatably movable bodies either in axial alineinent or in angular adjustment withveach other. p

31. A pair of rotatablebodies so mounted "on a common plane that a sideof one body may engage a side of the other body, each body being operative by reason of such engagementvto cause the other body to rotate Whether said bodies be concentric .with or Aeccentric to each other; both of-sa'id bodies being oscillatably movable transversely of their axes; all combined With means for moving bbth of said bodies oscillatably transversely of their axes, and means for locking the oscillatably movable bodies either in axial alineinentA or inangular adjustment with each other. Y l

32. A pair of rotatable bodies one of which has a beveled corner so mounted on a common plane that aside of vone body may engage a side or bevel of the other body, each body being operative by reason of such engagement to cause the other body to rotate whether said bodies be concentric With or eccentric to each other; both of said bodies being oscillatably movable transversely of their axes all combined with means for moving both of said bodies oscillatably transversely of their axes and means for locking the oscillatably' movable bodies either in axial alinement or in angular adjustment With each other.

Intestimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. f

ROBERT J. MILLION.l 

